These spirits think you're their ride! Escape the ghosts and collect the gold in this maze-chase-meets-platformer
Default Controls (You can rebind them on the title screen): - Arrow keys to move - Z to jump - R to reset - If you're ever absolutely stuck and just want to see what comes next, you can type "cheatyface" to skip to the next level :)
Love the momentum element, I really love the feel of needing to time those corner turns to keep speed so the ghosts can't catch up, and there's some great creativity in the level layouts to set up cool jump timings and patterns. Very fun!
This was way more fun than I expected (I even started a second playthrough lol). I am not a huge fan of the distortion crt fake shader, I think its a bit much in fullscreen, but other than that its a very pleasant experience. Solid balancing also and a lot of fun. I agree that the momentun is great, very satisfying. The movement felt well polished.
For the first levels I believed that the ghosts would chase you pacman-style, instead they were mimicking all the movements of the player! Racing-game ghost style :) It was fun and the world need more games with trains 👍
Awesome game as always. Definitely not the direction I would have expected to take a train platformer but it was very fun and extremely well put together. So much so that my biggest gripe is that you often can't go fast enough to make the pop sound effect rise to crazy high pitches, cause it resets "too fast". The movement is super slick, game feel is awesome. There's also a lot to learn and get better at, with judging cornering while going very fast, and the very large jumps, and enemy manipulation. Went back to try a second time, those last couple of levels are tough to go deathless and fast at the same time. Great work!
You run from the ghosts, i break their ankles. We are not the same. Awesome game, loved the choo choo sounds especially. My only complaint: MORE LEVELS!!!
Really fun, absolutely loved this. Admittedly I cheated on a couple of the levels, but they're really well designed, with a well thought out difficulty ramp.
This is a great game! I should start by saying that these sorts of games really stress me out, so I cheatyfaced *mumble* times.
Did you ever play Super Mario RPG? This reminded me a bit of the Moleville train cart level. Also had some shades of the parts of Celeste when Badeline is chasing you and you have to time everything properly.
Some of the levels were SUPER hard but that made them really satisfying to beat. The difficulty ramp-up was good, the mechanics were simple to understand, and wow my heart really got pumping flying down the track away from those ghosties. I'm also a big pixel art fan, and the art here was super clear and simple while still retaining pixely charm. Almost Baba Is You visual vibes.
In terms of constructive feedback, sometimes the jump timing felt like it could use a little more wiggle room - I mean, I know that I'm bad at games like this and my reaction time is not as good as it was 20 years ago, but several times I got frustrated that I'd gotten through the whole curvy level and then aaaaaalmost perfectly executed a jump. Maybe that's part of the draw to people who are into these games, I don't know!
Overall this game is admittedly not my kind of game (I'm sorry! I'm a baby!) but it's really well-made and has an impressive level of polish. Lovely work.
I really liked this one! At first I was taking my time to try and pick the right path, but then I realized if I played it more like Pacman and just try to be a bit more reactive, I made more progress. Love the art too, great job all around!
Really fun pacman-like game! It's a pretty simple idea, but you did a really good job of making the art feel good, and the difficulty curve throughout felt fun. I will say that initially it did present as a more puzzly sort of experience and I'd personally be more interested in that part of the game, but I do still love what you made!
What a great game! The Pac-Man style mechanics combined with the ability to jump is a fantastic idea. I found it really fun xD. The pixel art is simple but beautiful. great work! Congratulations!
@retrific Thank you so much for the kind words! It genuinely means a lot that folks would start up a second run!
I actually meant to add in a toggle for the CRT shader, and completely forgot to hook it up 😓 Something to remember for the next jam, if I end up reusing the shader!
@t-c You're absolutely right that I should have extended the pop timer 😭 If anything, I think that's my biggest regret this time around lol. I wanted to make it a fun self-imposed challenge for folks to try to keep their combo going, but there were a lot of places where you just can't go fast enough to keep it up
I'm also incredibly impressed by your time. My best time so far is around six minutes, so you officially have the world record, to the best of my knowledge!
@kristinamay Thank you so much for the review! Mario RPG is actually one of my favorite games, so I was definitely subconsciously (and consciously) inspired by the mole cart ride. I actually thought about letting the player jump off the tracks anywhere (just like they can in the mole cart ride), but I was worried that it would interrupt the flow of each level (plus I was running way behind schedule and wasn't sure if I'd have the time to test the idea out 😅)
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But seriously, I really enjoyed the game! It felt like a fully finished game rather than just a game jam prototype.
And I especially loved the graphics. I'm a big fan of this kind of minimalist pixel art.
Did you ever play Super Mario RPG? This reminded me a bit of the Moleville train cart level. Also had some shades of the parts of Celeste when Badeline is chasing you and you have to time everything properly.
Some of the levels were SUPER hard but that made them really satisfying to beat. The difficulty ramp-up was good, the mechanics were simple to understand, and wow my heart really got pumping flying down the track away from those ghosties. I'm also a big pixel art fan, and the art here was super clear and simple while still retaining pixely charm. Almost Baba Is You visual vibes.
In terms of constructive feedback, sometimes the jump timing felt like it could use a little more wiggle room - I mean, I know that I'm bad at games like this and my reaction time is not as good as it was 20 years ago, but several times I got frustrated that I'd gotten through the whole curvy level and then aaaaaalmost perfectly executed a jump. Maybe that's part of the draw to people who are into these games, I don't know!
Overall this game is admittedly not my kind of game (I'm sorry! I'm a baby!) but it's really well-made and has an impressive level of polish. Lovely work.
I really liked this one! At first I was taking my time to try and pick the right path, but then I realized if I played it more like Pacman and just try to be a bit more reactive, I made more progress. Love the art too, great job all around!
I actually meant to add in a toggle for the CRT shader, and completely forgot to hook it up 😓 Something to remember for the next jam, if I end up reusing the shader!
I'm also incredibly impressed by your time. My best time so far is around six minutes, so you officially have the world record, to the best of my knowledge!
It's always great to see you around each jam :)